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- contact info for Wayne Henderson?
- Need help with my saddle
- Maintenance Questions
- Type of fabric used for f hole gauzing
- My wife made a mando Christmas stocking for me!
- Peter Ostroushko' s mando-chronicles
- Mandolin Fret Job..? Luthiers, please weigh in with your opinion
- Octave Mandolin--sneak peak
- A special melody for a special instrument...
- finishing?
- Glue in seam looks strange. Could it be oxidized?
- Build Your own "Hamdolin"
- Dirty headstock crack repair
- Martin glue change
- Fret wire type, affect on tone/durability:(Stainless,gold,nickel)
- Help with inlay decision
- Roger Siminoff's Book
- Everet Fulton, Luthier
- Truss Rod identification
- luthier scholarship?
- Bridge Identification
- Humidity?
- steamer
- Bending Cherry Sides
- Ugly Neck/Body joint
- Mando Cheepo - Makeover of a Rover RM-50
- Buzz question
- Your favourite woods to work with and why..?
- routing for peghead binding
- I fell off the luthier cliff
- Need a laugh? Click here.:)
- A New Year Tonic.....
- Fret Leveling Tools
- MA 1 Driving me nuts!!
- mandolin neck joint
- Pickup Winding...More Mass production project
- fret leveling
- Dealing with runs in final finish?
- Sanding bridge with piezo
- DENTS ugly but do nothurt the play any.
- Definitions for different types of binding
- One-piece vs two-piece backs
- Someday I'd like to build a mandolin
- Pearl tuning keys
- lower notes and cheaper instruments
- Mandolin Builder's Super Summit (from the past)
- lowering bridge on Flatiron 1n
- Bowed or Frets
- IV F4 kit questions
- Mandocello Design/Build Log
- varnish and little fingers
- Portland OR setup.
- Tuner Hole Jig
- Twin Cities Luthiers?
- Bridge is too high. Where to start?
- Epoxy glue for which one
- Finish question: do you finish the neck?
- Tail Pieice lenght vs string length
- Another vintage "tater-bug".
- Fret Size
- Rounding
- Nut and bridge string spacing, Gibson Octave mandolin
- Floorboards article
- Wenge: The New Brazilian?
- The loar lm-220-vs mandolin
- new build
- IV F5 Kit finally done
- Ordering an f-5 kit, what tools should i order?
- New Octave Mandolin for Eastman 2013 NAMM show!
- Luthier Shop Liquidation
- binding tool
- First mando build - custom guitar body
- Final Review of the International Violin F5 kit
- newbie needs advice how to take frets out
- Having a mandolin problem, does anyone of help in Indiana?
- Sound of flat, carved or bowled mandolin
- Searching for Gotoh MA 40 tuners
- Pale Moon ebony
- Help with lousy stain job?
- Luthier Mercantile's (LMI) F5 kit anone built one?
- Octave Mando nut and bridge spacing
- Newbie & somewhat worn mandolin
- Wannabe balalaika builder here
- A ship on the rocks
- Strung out but in the pink.
- Advice for tuners and tailpiece on first mandolin kit
- Inlays
- Sycamore vs. Maple
- keeping finger rest put
- Kudos to Stewmac
- Mandolin setup by Rob Meldrum
- Carved sides
- In case you didnt know this about 0000 steel wool
- 0000 Steel Wool spontaneously combusts in friends shop!
- Should we hide our work in progress?
- Adjusting a truss rod
- Are IV F5 bodies slightly larger then standard spec?
- A good mando setup in southern Maine?
- Mating a bridge to the mandolin top
- Why The Tonewood Business Has Such A Bad Name....
- Linings
- F-Hole sizes
- Mandolin set up in Los Angles area
- Sharp Tailpiece
- Body Binding - Does it serve a purpose?
- There is still time - Mandolin Builder Camp
- Even string spacing?
- Epoxy milkshake: see under "Old Dog, New Tricks"
- The new guy's latest build
- Did I "over level" my frets
- Inexpensive finger/palm plane
- no advise ?
- Yafq
- Question mandolin nut thickness
- How long should frets last?
- Some of my recent builds
- Latest McClanahan McClanahan 2013
- Tailpiece question?
- E strings lower than the rest
- Electric Mandolin Necks
- Staining Maple
- Luthiers in East Tennessee
- Time for each grit on final finish sanding?
- Grain direction in neck block
- French Polishing Resources on the Web
- Finishing Options
- Rib grain direction question
- M/Cafe has mando scale length listed at 141/8 for Gibson A
- Rosewood fretboards?
- headstock [and body] polishing, pearl inlay and Meguiar's?
- Flatiron Performer A Truss Rod Issues
- New bridge for a flat top mandola
- American Built F models at Sub $1000.00 prices ???
- Mando Savvy Luthier/Repair person in Southern California
- DIY Anxiety on my Kentucky KM-675
- Stew Mac tuners & tailpiece
- Twisted neck correction?
- Question about bridges
- Bone saddle darkening down methods
- Acme Professional Bowlback in Need of Repair
- Can I speed-neck my own mandolin?
- basic power tools for mandolin building
- Tuning Machine Recommendations?
- Nut Material
- Buddy Davis mandolins
- American Conservatory bowlback mandolin
- Mandolin set up in Australia?
- ten string (wide) mando tailpiece.
- Custom Interior Labels
- folding travel mandolin,just a thought
- Market for standard and innovative A style mandolins
- Not sooo striped-down Em200 on CL. Joined the cafe yesterday.
- fratelli marconi bowlback repair
- Bridge Angle....perpendicular or back leaning?
- formaldehyde
- pheasantwood
- Gauging recurve shape
- Major drill press upgrade in minutes!
- Neck Angle
- Which glue ?
- Japanese planing competion
- String Tension
- Resonate 2008 (no mando content)
- sanding shellac
- Well isn't this just great!
- maple binding
- pick gaurd or not on my electric octave in progress
- Neck problem?
- Shellac not adhering to aninline
- Shipping Mandolin, Who Do You Use any advice and suggestions?
- Carbon Fiber rod for repair questions
- Need an ebony endpin
- Durometer for checking wood hardness
- Canadian/Quebec Set-Up Locations
- excellent mandolin setup
- 1927 F4 tuning machines
- Broken Tuning Gears--help!
- Compensating a bridge
- I want the satin look back ....eastman md-315
- Fret marker at 9th or 10th?
- octave compensation
- Reinforced neck joint
- diy mandolin kit without tone bars
- US made traditional stamped metal tailpiece.
- Randy Wood
- What can you tell me about my old Napolitan lady?
- Tuner Bushings Lifting Out
- top flattening
- tail piece touching mandolin top
- Dovetail repair ?
- abused Orville labeled Gibson A
- Builders for an event
- German concert bowlback plan
- Darknening Finish?
- Tap Tuning
- Fretting (Still) about neck & frets
- Xeno's Pair of Ox, Schroedinger's Cat, and You Luthiers
- birdseye 43rd birthday question
- My old buddy is back into shape
- New creation
- French Polish Over Varnish
- Tru-oil
- Belltone banjo
- Cracked Neopolitan Mandolin
- Where to get a good setup?
- Djangolin Buzz
- Question about "radius" on fingerboards and braces
- Building a Bresciane/Cremonese style Mandolin
- Tuning machines for old Martin
- Wood ID?
- Replacement for Rigel pickup
- 3" thick mandolins ?
- Mandolin set up in California?
- Protective Pad for Nitrocellulose Surface
- How do you handle strings?
- Fret help
- Dimension for Emburgher mandolin
- how to fix this intonation issue ?
- Lyon and Healy Style C Repairs
- Sorry, it's a banjo question.
- Slimming down a neck -- best approach
- A chirp appeared in the A string!
- Broken headstock scrolls and binding repair?
- Making a neck wider
- What type/design is this 12-string mandriola?
- Michael Kelly Mandolin Issue
- Good Luthier in the Indianapolis, IN area?
- New D'angelico's?
- Eastman MD815 - Ways to improve sound
- Strap buttons on Octave?
- Repairing a Lacquer Finish
- Billy Chapman, Columbia, SC
- Router table
- Here is a different glue question
- Another Truoil question
- Joe Konkoly of Elderly Instruments
- James Tailpiece Installation
- bowlback repair and possible modification
- Good Luthier in Ohio...
- Oil Varnish Problem
- Looking for information on old adjustable metal bridge
- Remember that Octave mandolin?
- Pickup Problems
- Half Step Off ON a Dead Fret. Wierd?
- nylon mandocello strings
- fretboard extention defretting on Loar 600
- Effect of poor fret crown on sound?
- Gibson in north Thailand needing a lot of work
- Update_mandolin_Mass_Production
- "Granadillo" fingerboard (NMC)